08 August, 2017

HOW I: Cream Contouring & Highlighting

Hello everyone! How are you all doing? How is your week? My week is fairly calm, so far. Anyways, today I'm doing a follow up of my highlighting and contouring post, however this time it's using cream products. You can see my powder highlight & contour post HERE. For the purpose of this post I will be using a number of products, just to give you more options. Without further ado, let's get started!

I usually start my cream routine with my contour. My favourite product to use is the ModelCo Contour Stick, at the moment. It’s a very creamy product, blends perfectly without blending into nothing. It’s a little warmer than what I use for my powder contour, however I feel like it works just fine with my skin.

I place the stick directly beside the top of my ear. I draw a diagonal line starting at my ear going towards the edge of my lips and stopping half way. I do the same on the other cheek and blend it out with a damp beauty sponge.

For concealing, I love to use the Catrice Liquid Camouflage Concealer. I place it under my eyes in a triangle shape, on my forehead, down the bridge of my nose, on my cupid's bow and lastly a little on my chin. Again, I take my beauty sponge and blend it out.

So now, the fun part - cream highlighting. The highlighter I'm using here is the Essence Soo Glow Cream Highlighter. I place some product on my index finger, making sure that I didn't pick up too much product and blend it onto the high points of my face. I place the highlighter on the top part of my cheekbones, around the temple, a little on the side of my forehead, the bridge of my nose and the cupid's bow.

It is important to set your cream contour/highlight. For a more natural look, you can do it using a translucent powder or using a powder contour / highlight. This step is up to you, depending on what finish you're going for.

Yes, cream contouring and highlighting has been around for ages with Anastasia Beverly Hills and Kim Kardashian making it more mainstream. However, you do not need to fork out $50 for a cream contour kit to be able to do it. I hope you enjoyed this post and learned something new. Let me know in the comments down below what your favourite cream contour / highlight products are, I would love to know! Thank you all for reading and talk to you soon!